2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship

The 2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship was a wheelchair handball tournament held in Leiria, Portugal from 18 to 20 November 2022.

2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates18 – 20 November 2022
Teams9 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored492 (19.68 per match)

The competition featured nine teams, i.e., the host, two from Asia and six from Europe. The competition was played with mixed teams, i.e., each team must have at least three female players, while at least one female player per team must be on the court at any time.[1][2][3][4]

Qualification edit

Event Vacancies Qualified
IHF Executive Committee Meeting 1   Portugal
Asia 2   India
  Pakistan
Europe 6   Croatia
  Hungary
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Romania
  Spain

Disqualification of Pakistan edit

Because Pakistan entered the competition only with nine players (two women) instead of twelve players (three women) they were disqualified by the tournament management. They are allowed to play their games, but all games were be counted as 0–10 lose and 0–2 points for the opponent.[5]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 4 3 0 1 36 23 +13 6[a] Semi-finals
2   Spain 4 3 0 1 50 32 +18 6[a] Quarter-finals
3   Croatia 4 2 1 1 40 30 +10 5
4   Hungary 4 1 1 2 29 30 −1 3 Consolation round
5   Pakistan 4 0 0 4 0 40 −40 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Norway 12–10 Spain
18 November 2022
9:00
Croatia   11–7   Norway Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 50
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Stimac 8 (7–5) Strand 4
 1×  Report  2× 
18 November 2022
11:00
Hungary   9–15   Spain Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Domonkos 3 (4–9) Garcia 8
 3×  Report  2× 
18 November 2022
13:00
Norway   10–0   Pakistan Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
Hoel & Lunde 4 (12–2) Naveed 6
Report

FT: 20–11

18 November 2022
15:00
Spain   15–11   Croatia Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Gonzalez 7 Report Stimac
 5× 
18 November 2022
17:00
Pakistan   0–10   Hungary Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Naveed 4 (2–10) Tapai 4
 1×  Report  1× 

FT: 5–15


19 November 2022
9:00
Norway   12–10   Spain Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 300
Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
Gran 4 (8–6) Perales 5
  3×  Report  1× 
19 November 2022
11:00
Hungary   8–8   Croatia Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Jancso 3 (4–5) Stimac 4
  2×  Report  1× 
19 November 2022
13:00
Pakistan   0–10   Spain Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Naveed 7 (6–8) Garcia 11
 1×  Report

FT: 11–23

19 November 2022
14:15
Hungary   2–7   Norway Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Bihari & Csala 1 (1–4) Strand 4
Report  1× 
19 November 2022
16:00
Croatia   10–0   Pakistan Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
Pesic 11 (9–3) Pervaiz & Ullah 2
 1×  Report  2× 

FT: 17–5

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal (H) 3 3 0 0 59 33 +26 6 Semi-finals
2   India 3 2 0 1 30 29 +1 4 Quarter-finals
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 30 38 −8 2
4   Romania 3 0 0 3 25 44 −19 0 Consolation round
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
18 November 2022
10:00
Portugal   20–10   Netherlands Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 200
Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
Gomes 7 (9–3) Van den Ende 7
Report  4× 
18 November 2022
12:00
India   9–5   Romania Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
Choudhari 6 (5–2) Punga & Albu 2
 1×  Report  1× 
18 November 2022
14:00
Romania   10–21   Portugal Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 250
Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
Punga & Albu 4 (7–11) Jeronmino 7
 2×  Report  
18 November 2022
16:00
Netherlands   6–8   India Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 200
Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
Van den Ende 3 (5–4) Choudhari 4
  1×  Report

19 November 2022
10:00
Netherlands   14–10   Romania Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
Schot 6 (6–7) Punga 5
 1×  Report   2× 
19 November 2022
12:00
Portugal   18–13   India Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 300
Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
Queiros 7 (11–4) Choudhari 9
 1×  Report  1× 

Consolation round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 2 2 0 0 21 10 +11 4 7th place
2   Romania 2 1 0 1 20 11 +9 2 8th place
3   Pakistan 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20 0 9th place
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 November 2022
9:00
Hungary   11–10   Romania Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Csala 4 (2–7) Punga & Albu 5
Report  2× 
20 November 2022
12:00
Hungary   10–0   Pakistan Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
Tapai & Lelik 3 (10–0) Naveed 3
Report

FT: 15–5

20 November 2022
15:00
Romania   10–0   Pakistan Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Referees: Dospara, Rogic (CRO)
Punga 6 (12–3) Pervaiz 3
 1×  Report  1× 

FT: 18–7

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1  Norway5
A2  Spain18B3  Netherlands11
B3  Netherlands20B3  Netherlands10
B1  Portugal18
B1  Portugal23
B2  India13B2  India11
A3  Croatia11
Fifth placeThird place
A2  Spain14A1  Norway15
A3  Croatia13B2  India14

Quarter-finals edit

19 November 2022
19:00
Spain   18–20   Netherlands Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 400
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Perales 6 (3–7) Appelman 9
Report  1× 

FT: 17–17 Pen: 1–3

19 November 2022
20:15
India   13–11   Croatia Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 150
Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
Shanmugam 6 (4–4) Stimac 11
 5×  Report   1× 

FT: 10–10 Pen: 3–1

Semi-finals edit

20 November 2022
10:00
Norway   5–11   Netherlands Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Veda 3 (1–3) Appelman 6
 1×  Report  1× 
20 November 2022
12:00
Portugal   23–11   India Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria
Attendance: 500
Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
Queiros 10 (10–3) Shanmugam 4
Report

Fifth place game edit

20 November 2022
13:00
Spain   14–13   Croatia Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 100
Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
Gomar 7 (4–6) Stimac 6
 1×  Report  2× 

Third place game edit

20 November 2022
16:15
Norway   15–14   India Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
Veda 5 (2–8) Choudhari 8
 2×  Report  1× 

FT: 11–11 Pen: 4–3

Final edit

20 November 2022
18:00
Netherlands   10–18   Portugal Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
Van den Ende 6 (7–9) Queiros 9
 3×  Report  1× 

Final ranking edit

References edit

  1. ^ Harris, Joanne (31 October 2022). "Nine teams to play in first six-a-side wheelchair handball championship". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "El balonmano en silla de ruedas se expande y espera brillar en el mundial". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Sete leirienses chamados para o mundial e europeu de andebol em cadeira de rodas". Região de Leiria (in Portuguese). 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Astrid doet mee aan WK rolstoelhandbal. 'Pijn heb ik elke dag. Ook als ik sport. Maar ik krijg daar wel veel energie van'". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Portugal, Spain and India record flawless start at the World & Europe Wheelchair Handball Championship (six-a-side)". International Handball Federation. 18 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

Website edit

Official website